Proteus (1995) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

Three man and three woman are set adrift in a life raft on a fog-laden sea after a drug smuggling opearation goes awry. When an oil rig appears and seems to be a safe haven, the group climbs aboard--only to find a genetically engineered creature awaiting them.

Cast & Crew

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Bob Keen

Craig Fairbrass

Toni Barry

William Marsh

Jennifer Calvert

Robert Firth

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Thriller

Release Date

1995

Production Company

Afm Lighting; Dda Public Relations; Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.; Metrodome Distribution; Sammys--Samuelson Film Service; Technicolor; Video Film And Grip Company; WB De Lane Lea

Distribution Company

Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing International

Location

Three Mills Island Studios, London, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 36m

Synopsis

Three man and three woman are set adrift in a life raft on a fog-laden sea after a drug smuggling opearation goes awry. When an oil rig appears and seems to be a safe haven, the group climbs aboard--only to find a genetically engineered creature awaiting them.

Director

Bob Keen

Cast

Craig Fairbrass

Toni Barry

William Marsh

Jennifer Calvert

Robert Firth

Margot Steinberg

Ricco Ross

Jordan Page

Douglas Bradley

Nigel Pegram

Crew

Dhara Aspinall

Barry Barnholtz

Executive Producer

Stuart Barrell

Vic Bateman

Executive Producer

Neville Bremner

Paul Brooks

Simon Brooks

Associate Producer

John Brosnan

Denton Brown

2nd Assistant Editor

Mike Carter

Location Manager

Ian Chater

Art Department Driver

Amanda Coulter

Production Assistant

Kate Dain

Production Coordinator

Kate Dain

2nd Assistant Director

Natasha Desborough

Pete Fish

Art Department Model Maker

Paul Frost

Art Department Effects

Louise Grant

Art Department Coordinator

Mike Grant

Production Designer

John P Hammond

Jay Handscombe

Simon Hardy

Tom Harris

Special Fire Effects

Tony Haughey

Aiden Hobbs

Sound Recordist

Dave Holliday

Dave Holliday

Ben Hughes

1st Assistant Director

David A Hughes

Stuart Hurst

Rupert Ivey

Additional Sound

Duncan Jarman

Makeup Effects Supervisor

Moving Jim

Julia Jones

Publicist (Dda)

Peter Kermot

Stills Photographer

Damian Knight

Harry Adam Knight

Source Material (From Novel)

John Krausa

Costume Designer

Helen Lennox

Elizabeth Lindsay

Jim Luck

Alan Martin

Executive Producer

Gary Masey

Art Department Model Maker

Elise Menghini-hill

Keith Mowatt

John Murphy

Lance Peters

Richard Philpott

Camera Operator

Carl Proctor

Casting Director

Michael Redfern

1st Assistant Editor

James Ridpath

Cathy Roddick

Adam Rodgers

Director Of Photography

Simon Scotland

Jean-paul Seresin

Marinella Setti

Script Supervisor

Derek Sherriff

Simita Singh

Wardrobe Mistress

Clare Spencer

3rd Assistant Director

Derick Stone

Flooring Contractor

Fanny Taylor

Mark Tidmarsh

Fred Todd

Generator Operator

Alasdair Waddell

Executive Producer

Robin Webb

Construction Manager

Liz Webber

Ian Wilson

Supervising Sound Editor

Will Winch

Rod Woodruff

Stunt Supervisor

Marcus Wookey

Art Department Model Maker

Mike Woolfe

Vanessa Woolfe

Victoria Wright

Makeup Supervisor

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Thriller

Release Date

1995

Production Company

Afm Lighting; Dda Public Relations; Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.; Metrodome Distribution; Sammys--Samuelson Film Service; Technicolor; Video Film And Grip Company; WB De Lane Lea

Distribution Company

Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing International

Location

Three Mills Island Studios, London, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 36m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States November 1995

Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1995

Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.

Feature directorial debut for special effects artist Bob Keen.

Began shooting March 12, 1995.

Completed shooting April 21, 1995.

Metrotime, a production company formed by Metrodome and the Lifetime Group, were originally set to produce, before the two companies split over creative differences.

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1995

Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996

Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.)

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